Transgender
An umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform tothat typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. Trans is […]
Transition
A complicated, multi-step process that can take years as transgender people align their anatomy with their sex identity and/or their gender expression with their gender identity. University of California-Berkeley Gender […]
Transman/Trans Guy
An identity label sometimes adopted by female-to-male transsexuals to signify that they are men while still affirming their history as females. University of California-Berkeley Gender Equity Center. (2013). Definition of […]
Transphobia
Fear or hatred of transgender people. University of California-Berkeley Gender Equity Center. (2013). Definition of terms: transphobia. Retrieved from http://geneq.berkeley.edu/lgbt_resources_definiton_of_terms#transphobia. (internalized) – When a person who is transgender is uncomfortable […]
Transsexual
A term that refers to people whose gender identity is different from their assigned sex. Often, transsexual people alter or wish to alter their bodies through hormones, surgery and other […]
Transvestite
Individuals who regularly or occasionally wear the clothing socially assigned to a gender not their own, but are usually comfortable with their anatomy and do not wish to change it […]
